Games MDA

 

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We're discussing the topics of Game Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics framework this week. It is the most often used game format. created by Robin Et AI. The MDA framework aids designers in taking into account both the players' and their own perspectives. This promotes user-centered design.

The three elements are interconnected, and while creating a game, the designer must examine all three in order to understand how the player will interact with the game and how it will be played. The game's mechanics are the difficulties that the player must complete in order to win the game.

The dynamics define how the game functions, but the aesthetics describes the game's theme or atmosphere and how enjoyable it is, which might include feeling, imagination, story,  and struggle, .

The mechanics explains the game's individual elements, such as collected data and methods. In a game, mechanics refer to the behaviours, actions, and control mechanics that a player has access to. 

I have learned a great deal from this weeks readings and will most definitely be incorporating all of the different elements into the game that I will be creating for this module .  Before reading these articles I never categorized certain topics such as aesthetics m dynamics and mechanics but viewed them collectively as a whole . being able to single out individual components makes it a lot easier to understand how to create a working but also appealing game .